Questão 2536271

Hacker auctioning database containing info on 92m Brazilian citizens

1 A cyber criminal is claiming to be in possession of a

16GB SQL database that contains personal data of up to 92

million Brazilian citizens. The database is up for auction on

4 various restricted-access underground forums that are

frequented by experts in the field.

Information about the auctioning of the massive

7 database was obtained by Bleeping Computer that noted

that the database may contain a lot of information

concerning the entire tax-paying population of Brazil,

10 virtually making the database a gold mine for hackers who

exploit such databases for purposes such as phishing,

credential-stuffing, identity theft, and account takeover.

13 The auctioneer, using the alias X4Crow, is claiming

on restricted underground forums that personal

information of Brazilian citizens stored in the database

16 includes names, dates of birth, taxpayer IDs, gender, and

mother’s names. Using any one of these parameters, they

can find out information available about specific persons

19 based on information available in Brazilian national

identification documents such as driver’s licenses or ID

cards.

22 “The potential exposure of such a large database of

data is worrying, and shows that cybercriminals are

becoming more and more motivated by the potential

25 monetary gain of selling personal identifiable information –

which has become a kind of currency on the dark market”,

says Paul Edon, senior director, technical services at

28 Tripwire.

“Organisations and governmental bodies need to

consider going above and beyond the security measures

31 recommended as standard practice, or they will find

themselves unprepared. When retaining this kind of data it

is critical to choose an encryption solution that not only

34 protects the database instances but also provides

protection for data in transit and at rest”, he adds.

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